A former tenant says the Oakland, California warehouse where a fire killed dozens a 'house of horrors' and a 'death trap.' Shelley Mack says she was so afraid while living there, she would record videos on her way to the bathroom. (Dec. 9)

Edgar Maddison Welch, the gunman who opened fire at a Washington, D.C., pizzeria Sunday, expressed regret in an interview with the New York Times. Welch went to Washington to self-investigate a false story known as “Pizzagate,” a conspiracy theory claiming that the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria was the center of a child sex ring involving Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman John Podesta.

As residents return home to their damaged property, some say they are "horrified" that two juveniles are charged with arson in connection with the deadly eastern Tennessee wildfires that broke out last month. Jillian Kitchener reports.

A source says President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental groups denounced Pruitt, who is a frequent supporter of the fossil fuel industry. (Dec. 8)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate headed to a vote averting a government shutdown at midnight Friday as coal-state Democrats beat a tactical retreat and promised to continue their fight next year for months-long health care benefits for retired miners....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump shut down some of his companies in the days after the election, including four that appeared connected to a possible Saudi Arabia business venture, according to corporate registrations in Delaware....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the heat of the presidential campaign, Donald Trump accused primary rival Ted Cruz of being controlled by Goldman Sachs because his wife, Heidi, previously worked for the Wall Street giant. He slammed Hillary Clinton for receiving speaking fees from the bank....

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Appearing jovial and relaxed, Donald Trump plunged back into election politics Friday, a full month after he won the presidency, enthusiastically prodding Louisiana Republicans to turn out for Saturday's Senate runoff election and protect the party's 52-48 margin in Washington....

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the FBI, he picked a historic black church in Charleston he had learned about online....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia's meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Nearly two weeks into a crushing blitz, Syrian forces and their allies have taken control of nearly all of what was once an opposition stronghold in eastern Aleppo, touching off a new wave of evacuations Friday and raising concerns about hundreds of men who have disappeared and are feared to have been seized by the government....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For conspiracy theorists, the bizarre rumors of "pizzagate" didn't end when a man brought a gun to a Washington restaurant this week in a misguided attempt to rescue nonexistent child sex slaves. Instead, the shooting sparked discussion that the conspiracy runs deeper....

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut man who rolled into a jewelry store in a wheelchair, asked to see a $37,000 watch, then got up and sprinted out with the expensive timepiece has been sentenced to six years behind bars....